Archive for September 6th 2011

A new community fire station is to be officially opened on Teesside.
The £1.4m station in Redcar is home to Cleveland Fire Brigade crews as well as teams from Cleveland Police and Redcar and Cleveland council.
The building, on the site of the ol...

A fire at an electricity sub-station which resulted in a power cut, was started deliberately, Merseyside Police say.
Copper conductors and switchgear were also stolen from the substation in Croxteth on Tuesday morning.
Mersey Fire Service were called...

Dozens of wildfires raging in rain-starved Texas are now known to have engulfed more than 1,000 homes, say state officials.
The biggest of the blazes - 16 miles (26km) wide - in rural Bastrop County remained completely uncontained early on Tuesday.
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A man and woman have been arrested after cannabis plants were found following a house fire in Devon.
Police and firefighters were called to Highbury Road, Torquay, at about 03:00 BST to the fire in a three-storey terraced house.
A man in his 40s and ...

Twenty flats in Somerset have been evacuated overnight after a gas leak.
It was caused after a bin fire in Duke Street, Bridgwater at around 02:00 BST.
The fire damaged a gas meter which led to gas leaking into nearby homes. Devon and Somerset Fire S...

Japanese car major Honda has announced it will recall thousands of City sedans in India to replace a faulty component.
This is the second time in two years the firm has said it is recalling cars in India manufactured between 2005 and 2007 to replace ...